Sharing a Heterogeneous Local Network

PeterMAN writes: "If you want to learn how to share your systems on a heterogeneous local network and how to use it to compare and test applications on different operating systems and architectures, then take a look at these two articles that compare SSH, remote X, VNC, and other technologies as ways of remotely running applications." That link is to the second part of the series; here's the first installlment.